Hamas, along with four other factions, wants Israel to fulfil three conditions.

These include lifting crippling blockades around Palestinian cities and towns, ending raids and house demolitions in the occupied Palestinian territories, and freeing all detainees being held in Israeli prisons.

But some commentators argued on Monday that Quraya was chasing an agreement which was desired neither by Israel nor the Palestinian groups.

'Terrorists'

They said both were already curbing their activities and achieving a more sustained period of calm than under the previous failed truce.

However, Israel is still officially encouraging Quraya to continue his efforts.

"A truce is absolutely necessary. There has not been one moment when terrorist organisations did not try to perpetrate their murderous actions, and it is only because of the quality of our security services that we have seen a period of quiet"

Avi Pazner,Israeli government spokesman

"We do not judge Quraya. He is not the bad guy, the bad guys are the terrorists. At the very moment these organisations stop their terrorism, we will stop our military operations," Israeli government spokesman, Avi Pazner said.

"A truce is absolutely necessary. There has not been one moment when terrorist organisations did not try to perpetrate their murderous actions, and it is only because of the quality of our security services that we have seen a period of quiet."

Israeli invasion

Meanwhile, even as Palestinians met to find a way to peace, Israel continued its invasions of Palestinian territory.

Occupation forces, backed by 20 military vehicles, launched an invasion at dawn on Monday in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, reported Aljazeera's correspondent.

Fighters from al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, an armed offshoot of Fatah, and Islamic Jihad's al-Quds Brigades, clashed with Israeli forces who raided homes under the pretext of searching for wanted activists.